6-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 6-K

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER

PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 OFTHE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the month of June 2020

Commission File Number 001-37652

Midatech Pharma PLC

(Translation of registrant’s nameinto English)

Oddfellows House,

19 Newport Road,

Cardiff, CF24 0AA, United Kingdom

(Address of principal executive offices)

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This Report on Form 6-K, including Exhibit 99.1, is hereby incorporated by reference into the Company’s Registration Statement on Form F-3 (File No. 333-233901).

SUBMITTED HEREWITH

Attached to the Registrant’s Form 6-K filing for the month of June 2020, and incorporated by reference herein, is:

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Exhibit Index

Exhibit 99.1

8 June 2020

Midatech Pharma PLC

(“Midatech” or the “Company”)

Midatech enters into research collaborationwith Dr Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (Dr Reddy’s”)

Midatech Pharma’s next generationdrug delivery technologies for comprehensively improving bio-delivery and bio-distribution to be applied to existing medicinesin collaboration with Dr Reddy’s Laboratories.

Cardiff, UK, 8 June 2020: Midatech Pharma PLC (AIM: MTPH.L; Nasdaq: MTP), an R&D biotechnology company focused on delivering innovative oncology and rare disease products to patients, today announces it has entered into a research collaboration with Dr Reddy’s, one of the global pharmaceutical companies, committed to accelerating access to affordable and innovative medicines.

Midatech will deploy its in-house expertise and proprietary drug delivery platforms towards comprehensive improvement of bio-delivery and bio-distribution of medicines nominated by Dr Reddy’s. Novel products arising from the collaboration are expected to benefit from precision clinical performance and advanced manufacturing technology and, critically, it is anticipated will advance the joint mission of both companies to make medicines that enable treatments, to address unmet patient needs and strive towards ‘Good Health’.

Sam Barker, Director of Business Developmentof Midatech, said: “This partnership with Dr Reddy’s is further recognition of the power of Midatech Pharma’s unique drug delivery technology to improve and expand treatment options for patients. We are delighted to be able to combine our technology with innovative industry partners, such as Dr Reddy’s, potentially enabling the unique qualities of this technology to reach beyond our own internal development pipeline for the benefit of all patients.”

Thisannouncement contains inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of Regulation (EU) 596/2014 (MAR).

About MidatechPharma PLC

Midatech Pharma PLC (dual listed on LSE AIM: MTPH; and NASDAQ: MTP) is an R&D company focused on ‘Making Medicines Better’ by improving delivery of drugs in the body. The Company combines existing medications with its proprietary and innovative drug delivery technologies to provide compelling oncology and rare disease products that have the potential to powerfully impact the lives of patients undergoing treatment for life threatening diseases.

The Company has developed three in-house technology platforms, each with its own unique mechanism to improve delivery of medications to sites of disease. All of the Company’s technologies have successfully entered human use in the clinic, providing important validation of the potential for each platform:

By improving biodelivery and biodistribution of approved existing molecules, Midatech’s unique R&D has the potential to make medicines better, lower technical risks, accelerate regulatory approval and route to market, and provide newly patentable products. The platform nature of the technologies allows the potential to develop multiple drug assets rather than being reliant on a limited number of programmes.

Midatech's headquarters and R&D facility is in Cardiff, UK. For more information please visit www.midatechpharma.com

About Dr. Reddy’s

Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd. (BSE: 500124, NSE: DRREDDY, NYSE: RDY) is an integrated pharmaceutical company, committed to providing affordable and innovative medicines for healthier lives. Through its three businesses - Pharmaceutical Services & Active Ingredients, Global Generics and Proprietary Products – Dr. Reddy’s offers a portfolio of products and services including APIs, custom pharmaceutical services, generics, biosimilars and differentiated formulations. Our major therapeutic areas of focus are gastrointestinal, cardiovascular, diabetology, oncology, pain management and dermatology. Dr. Reddy’s operates in markets across the globe. Our major markets include – USA, India, Russia & CIS countries, and Europe. For more information, log on to: www.drreddys.com

Forward-LookingStatements

Certain statements in this press release may constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of legislation in the United Kingdom and/or United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act. All statements contained in this press release that do not relate to matters of historical fact should be considered forward-looking statements including, but not limited to, any payments that may be received, the success of the research collaboration in developing novel products, the strategic review and formal sale process.

Reference should be made to those documents that Midatech shall file from time to time or announcements that may be made by Midatech in accordance with the London Stock Exchange AIM Rules for Companies ("AIM Rules"), the Disclosure and Transparency Rules ("DTRs") and the rules and regulations promulgated by the US Securities and Exchange Commission, which contains and identifies other important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any projections or forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this announcement. All subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements by or concerning Midatech are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements above. Except as may be required under the AIM Rules or the DTRs or by relevant law in the United Kingdom or the United States, Midatech does not undertake any obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements because of new information, future events or otherwise arising.